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19th April 2001
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Debts left hanging over failed company

• by Dominic Perry Creditors of a Coventry haulier which went into liquidation owing £697,000 are furious that its sister-firm...

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RHA slams level

of compensation im by Miles Brignall and Dominic Perry The Road Haulage Association has labelled the government's offer of...

SODIT boss plans a High Court appeal

• The director of an Exeter-based haulage firm who lost an appeal against the revocation of its Operator's Licence plans to...

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Ilauliers forced to [lifer Pension ri ts

by Miles Brignall iousands of haulage companies will have to offer sir employees access to the government's new akeholder...

The price of speed

The one thing guaranteed to draw attention to a faulty speed limiter is. ..excessive speed. The case brought against a TDG (UK)...

VI targets lightweight vehicles in ilk roadside campaign

1 More light goods vehicles than ever before are o be targeted for checks by the Vehicle ispectorate. VI product strategy and...

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laste plans off the rails

I by Mike Gerber mbitious plans to switch the ransport of almost threeuarters of a county's waste o rail are set to be knocked...

Midlands move for Selfridges

Logistics group Exel is to create a further 200 jobs in the West Midlands after winning the national distribution contract for...

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Haulier si nightly to lions fuel

6-7 May Commercial i near Peterborough. Contact: 01775 768661. • Hauliers in Hartlepool are siphoning diesel from their...

111111s risk management advice

• RHA Insurance Services has launched a new risk management and security advisory service to help hauliers who are confused...

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Schmidt sweeps into UK market

• A major new player has emerged in the UK truckmounted sweeper market with the launch of the Schmidt SK650. At the British...

French leave rest standin

• March was not a good month to be in the commercial vehicle business unless you were French or Ford, according to the latest...

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Truck racing offers ccelerated testing

by Brian Weatherley 3.ckwall Lane, London SE10 ght seem like an unlikely site a major commercial vehicle mponent testing...

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lveco's precious Cargo

I Iveco Ford acknowledges that this is the most important upgrade of its Cargo nd SuperCargo ranges since they were aunched in...

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It's spring and the Oafs are oui

by Robin Meczes It's obviously going to be a busy year for Daf in the UK with two new model ranges and a new managing director...

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Unpaid fines costs J Barrie its 0-licence

The non-payment of fines, costs and back duty totalling £17,167 has led to the revocation of the licence held by Nantwich-based...

Fined for "false" name

n A crane driver employed by Fergusons Transport of Speen Bridge has been ordered to pay £330 in fines and costs for allowing...

0-licence bid "back to front'

A West Wales farmer who sells topsoil has been granted a restricted 0licence despite admitting that he had used his vehicle...

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SOCIALIST TRUCKERS I want to thank Commercial Motor - for its coverage

of the Socialist Truck Drivers (STD) campaign over lack of provision for parking of HGVs at the end of a day's work (CM 5-11...

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N ow that Daf has announced a new version of its

CF range it seems the right time to look back at part of the range that debuted back in 1992. The CF (in case you were...

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"They're good quality vehicles which give us the lowest cost per

mile" Roy McCrudden II Argos fleet service manager Roy McCrudden looks after a mixed fleet of 350 tractors, 1,000 trailers, zoo...

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"The Oaf 75 tractor is usually bought

as a tool to do a particular job" John Ash Commercial Vehicle Contracts, based at Thame, is Daf's finance arm; it handles a...

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"Overall the Dafs have

been very good" Ted Bolt Parcelnet is a new company formed from the merger of mail-order giants Freemans and Grattan. Fleet...

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VERDICT

Low-powered tractive units flu an important niche in the ma transport scene. Most new 75s are bought by large fleets for...

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Y ou've hired your new driver from an agency You assume

his licence has beer checked and his references have been approved, so its on with the job. That's what one Northampton-based...

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O ne thing, as they say, often leads to another, For

Kammac, diversification into warehousing—and a host of other activities—started with a simple haulage contract for canmaker...

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ire grown up. His oldest reguis a 69-year-old who the

npany calls on for week-long pa to Switzerland when it Ids extra cover. Another operation that predates older drivers is lest...

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F or a small haulier working in a competitive industry, turning

away business is painful. The temptation to accept a load when there's no time to check the potential client's credit rating is...

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OYIN

E FA t doesn't take long to come across the symptoms of the panic that is gripping the countryside. Lanes leading to farmland...